Chris Innes
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| Chris Innes | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chris Innes | |
| Date of birth | 13 July 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Broxburn, Scotland | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Unattached | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–1998 1998–2003 1999 1999 2003–2005 2005–2008 |
Stenhousemuir Kilmarnock → St. Mirren (loan) → Falkirk (loan) Dundee United Gretna |
35 (2) 75 (3) 9 (0) 2 (0) 45 (2) 89 (12) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Chris Innes (born July 13, 1976) is a Scottish defender who is currently without a club after being made redundant by ailing Scottish Premier League side Gretna.
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[edit] Career
Broxburn-born Innes started his professional career at Stenhousemuir after joining the Warriors from Blackburn United and moved to Kilmarnock for £50,000 in 1998. In 1999, he went out on loan twice, to St. Mirren for 3 months and to Falkirk for just over a week. In 2003, he moved Dundee United where he played exactly fifty times.
Innes signed for Gretna on a free transfer in 2005. Although he missed out on United's Scottish Cup final appearance that season as he had already left for Gretna, Innes made it the following season when the Borderers were runners-up against Hearts. Innes was made captain of the rising team from the borders and helped the side gain promotion from the Scottish Third Division to the Scottish Premier League. After a season of bad results and financial difficulties for Gretna, Innes was made redundant on March 25, 2008. Gretna's reason for releasing their captain was because he had "attracted interest from other clubs".[1]
One of those clubs was Red Bull New York of MLS, whom Innes trained with in April 2008. However, he decided against a move to America after failing to settle and returned to Scotland after two weeks, with St. Johnstone and Dunfermline Athletic amongst several clubs keen to sign him.[2] In June 2008, Innes all but completed a move back to Tayside with Dundee.[3]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Kilmarnock
- Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] Gretna
- Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] References
- ^ "Gretna's Innes is made redundant", BBC Sport, 25 March. Retrieved on 2008.
- ^ "Chris Innes to train with the Red Bulls", Soccer by Ives, 7 April. Retrieved on 2008.
- ^ Roache, Ian. "Dundee near Innes signing", The Courier, 2008-06-11. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
